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Berlin film festival postponed to later in 2021 due to virus

BERLIN - The annual Berlin International Film Festival is being put off this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and split into two parts later in 2021, organizers said Friday. The "Berlinale" had be...

Dec 18, 2020

Sexual assault charge dropped against rapper Mystikal

SHREVEPORT, La. - A sexual assault charged was dropped against New Orleans rapper Mystikal, who was released from jail on a $3 million bond almost two years ago. On Thursday, a Caddo Parish grand jury...

Dec 18, 2020

Mick Jagger gets some shelter, buying Florida mansion

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. - Mick Jagger, Florida Man? The Rolling Stones front man recently purchased a mansion south of Tampa as a Christmas present for his girlfriend, ballet dancer Melanie Hamrick. The ...

Dec 18, 2020

Swedes want checks for hull damage in 1994 ferry disaster

COPENHAGEN - Sweden said Friday it wants divers to inspect the wreck of one of Europe's deadliest peacetime maritime disasters, the sinking of a ferry in the Baltic Sea in 1994 that killed 852 people,...

Dec 18, 2020

High court rules challenge to Trump census plan is premature

WASHINGTON, Wash. - The Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump's plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot ...

Dec 18, 2020

Freed Nigerian schoolboys welcomed after week of captivity

KATSINA, Nigeria - More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped last week in an attack on their school, have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrations of their release....

Dec 18, 2020

Iran builds at underground nuclear facility amid US tensions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program, satellite photos obtained Friday b...

Dec 17, 2020

Raiders lose QB Carr, fall in overtime to Chargers, Herbert

LAS VEGAS - Justin Herbert's brilliant rookie season keeps rolling along. Herbert scored on 1-yard plunge to give the Los Angeles Chargers a 30-27 overtime victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursd...

Dec 17, 2020

US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus

WASHINGTON - A federal prisoner scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday. The Bureau of Prisons no...

Dec 17, 2020

Hot spot: California hospitals buckle as virus cases surge

LOS ANGELES - Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick are goin...

Dec 17, 2020